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bonham3 Valued Member United States 346 Posts	Posted 10/11/2007 01:21 am Mah mah mah, My Koruna :) My Dad brought it home in 45 from WWII (You know, the Big One) Been in a box since then. Thought i'd share. Has some problems I think ! Image: 1944bomor.jpg 38.64 KB Image: 1944bomor2.jpg 35.82 KB Report this Post to the Staff

Amazon99 Pillar of the Community United States 2443 Posts	Posted 10/11/2007 01:37 am Very cool! Report this Post to the Staff
JRC Valued Member United States 68 Posts	Posted 10/11/2007 11:43 am Nifty. You got to love those zinc coins. As far as zinc coins go, yours is not bad. Report this Post to the Staff
snowman Pillar of the Community United States 1840 Posts	Posted 10/11/2007 3:13 pm Nice! Nothing beats a coin with a history. Report this Post to the Staff
bonham3 Valued Member United States 346 Posts	Posted 10/11/2007 5:32 pm H'mmm I found a 1943 just like it but in better condition as well as a 1943 10 Haleru Noticed they only made these for 4 or 5 yrs. You wonder if any gypsies might of had there paws on it at one time :) Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16817 Posts	Posted 10/12/2007 02:42 am The Nazi puppet state of the "Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia" was only around for the duration of WWII. Bohemia and Moravia was what was left of Czechoslovakia, once the Sudetenland was annexed and Slovakia seceded. Your coin is indeed made of zinc, as was most "occupation coinage" issued by the Nazis. That's fairly typical condition for one of these coins. If you want "real Bohemian" coins, you have to go back a bit further than the 20th century. My Bohemian pragergroschen, circa 1550: Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 10/12/2007 07:54 am Show Off Report this Post to the Staff
bonham3 Valued Member United States 346 Posts	Posted 10/12/2007 3:46 pm Cute one ! Hey, if ya got it flaunt it :) Nice coin. Thank's for the history lesson also. What does plager mean ? I know groschen Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16817 Posts	Posted 10/12/2007 6:58 pm "Pragergroschen" = groschen of Prague, which is what it says in Latin there on the coin: "GROSSI PRAGENSES". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
bonham3 Valued Member United States 346 Posts	Posted 10/13/2007 10:29 am O.K. Thank's So that means, that around 1550 Czechoslovakia was not called Czechoslovakia correct ? Just curious seeing as your coin is bohemian. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16817 Posts	Posted 10/14/2007 01:34 am In the Middle ages, Bohemia was a fairly powerful, independent kingdom in central Europe. It was fairly affluent, owing to the silver mines discovered in it's territory. This in turn lead to: (1) the issuing of these pragergroschen coins, which were the dominant "trade coin" of central Europe until the introduction of the thaler, and (2) the modern English-language adjective "bohemian", meaning an abnormally relaxed, easygoing, unstructured attitude to life. Eventually the throne of Bohemia passed into the hands of the Habsburg family of Austro-Hungary, where it stayed until WWI. Coins in the name of "Bohemia" continued to be issued occasionally, but were more or less of Imperial design. "Czechoslovakia" was a construction of the Paris Peace Conference, which broke apart the old Austro-Hungarian Empire after WWI. Austro-Hungary was split into several pieces: German-speaking Austria and Hungarian-speaking Hungary on their own, the southern Slavic lands joined what would become Yugoslavia, Transylvania became part of Romania, Italy and Poland received bits and pieces and the "leftover bits" on the northern frontier - Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia and Transcarpathia - were lumped together into a federal state of their own. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Edited by Sap 10/14/2007 01:38 am Report this Post to the Staff
thq Pillar of the Community United States 3343 Posts	Posted 10/14/2007 06:20 am "Posluzny hlasim, pane (humbly report sir), I'm a complete idiot." The good soldier Svejk How much beer would a pragergroschen buy in Budejovice today? "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 10/14/2007 1:45 pm Not a single ... Bit. Christian Report this Post to the Staff
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